Detachable sweat-band.



W. H. MYMMS.

DBTAGHABLE SWEAT BAND.

APPLIoA'rIoN FILED rm. 15, 1913.

Patented May 13, 1913.

COLUMBIA PLANoaRAPM Co.. wAsmNcl'rN. D. C.

UNITED STATES FATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM HAROLD MYMMS, 0F LUTON, ENGLAND.

DETACHABLE SWEAT-BAND.

To all whom. t may concern.'

Be it known that I, WILLIAM HAROLD MYMMs, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and residing at 6G ButlinA road, Luton, in the county of Bedford, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Detachable Sweat-Bands, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates especially to sweat bands for hats and has for its object to provide means of a very simple character whereby a sweat band can be readily and iirmly secured in, and readily detached from, the hat, but is applicable also to other forms of hat lining which may be required to be readily detached.

The invention is described by reference to the drawings herewith in which Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of a felt hat and detachable sweat band provided with means according to this invention for attaching in a manner which while securing it in place admits of its ready detachment. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary sectional view of the hat with the sweat band in place. Figs. 3 and 4 illustrate modified arrangements of the invention, Fig. 4t being a sectional plan of a small portion of a hat crown and short length of sweat band attached thereto.

Referring first to Figs. 1 and 2 the material at the base of the crown is formed thickened somewhat and :is shaped to form, inside the crown,'a groove 1 the inner surface of which is of a cross-sectional shape having undercut edges 2, 2 (see especially Fig. 1). The groove is conveniently formed by pressing in the thickened felt around the inside of the crown with a suitable tool and then closingin the edges to the shape to give the desired cross section to the groove. 3 represents the detachable sweat band, of leather or other suitable material and having a rib l formed therein on the face which is to lie against the inside of the crown. The cross-sectional shape of the rib 4t is such that its contour corresponds with the inner contour of the groove 1. This rib on the sweat band is conveniently formed by pressing in, around the inner face of the sweat band, a groove 5 and then closing in the edges to the shape to give the desired contour to the rib l thus formed at the other face of the sweatband. Thus the rib t is given undercut edges adapted to take under the undercut edges of the groove 1.

.Figs 1 and 2 or to Fig. 3.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 15, 1913.

Patented May 13,1913.

serial No. 748,654.

The material of the hat or that of the sweat band or that of both the hat and sweat band has su'l'licient pliability to allow the undercut rib 4. of the sweat band to be readily engaged within the groove 1 on the inside of the crown and has sullicient elasticity to cause them to remain securely in engagement during ordinary use. The sweat band may be endless or in a long strip and in either case can be very readily attached to and detached from the crown.

In Fig. 3 which illustrates an adaptation of the invention to straw hats, the sweat band is attached to a hat member consisting of a strip of material 7 in lieu of to the hat member which constitutes the crown itself as in Fig. 1. The strip 7 is secured to the lower edge of the crown and has a rib 6 formed in its inner face. The sweat band in this case is formed with a groove in its face which is toward the crown, the arrangement being the reverse of that shown hy Figs. 1 and 2. As will be clear the strip of material 7 might have carried the groove and the sweat band the rib.

Fig. et serves to illustrate an arrangement in which a series of solid vertical undercut or dovetail strips or ribs 8 is attached, around the inside of the crown of the hat, either directly to the material of the hat itself or to a strip of material which is permanently secured in the hat. The sweat band t) has, in this case, a corresponding series of dovetail grooves 10 pressed in from the side thereof which is to lie up against the crown of the hat. In this case the elasticity by which the strips and grooves hold together must be provided in the grooves of the sweat band, since the strips, if formed solid as shown, will have no appreciable elasticity. As will be readily understood, however, such vertical strips may be formed hollow similarly as described with reference to Also the ribs 8 may be formed on the sweat hand and the grooves on the inside of the crown or part attached thereto. The ribs in this and in the other eases illustrated might be of a rounded section and the groove of corresponding shape.

ln all the figures the detachable part has been described as a sweat band, but as will he readily understood, the invention is applicable in cases where other detachable linings are used. It will be also understood that the groove may in all eases be formed grooves are dovetail, but these might be of other section so long as there is an under.- cut to give the necessary hold between the parts.

The term sweat band as used in the claims is to be construed to include any other form of lining.

Having fully described my invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. The combination of a hat body and a detachable sweat band therefor, one of said parts having in its body a groove and Jthe other having in its body al rib fitting said groove, one of said parts being elastic to insure a hold on the other part.

2. The combination of a hat body and a g detachable sweat band therefor, one of said parts having in its body an undercut groove 1 and the other having in its body an underened portion on its inner -face with an un der cut groove, and a detachable sweat band therefor provided in its body with an out- -ward undercut ribjengaging said groove. 5. An article,ofmanufacture consisting of ya sweat band provided' along its body with ,an integral undercut holding device for engaging a corresponding holding device in a hat member. i

6. An article of manufacture consisting of `la sweat band provided along its body with gan integral dovetail rib adapted to engagea 'corresponding dovetail groove in a hat member In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name this 3d day of February 1913, in -the presence of two subscribing witnesses. IVILLIAM HAROLD MYMMS. Witnesses:

ALFRED H. VATKINS, HARRY HAROLD MYMMS.

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